Automobile door



w. BREWSTER v AUTOMOBILE DOOR Dec. 29l 1925. 1,567,831

Filed July 14, V1925 :EE- LL v L l -J i i g Z 1,4' 10 7f| f" 10-# fl IE L A IEEEr 5 466 /0 my v J//wwey Patented Dee. 29, 1925.

UNITEU STATES VIILLIAM BREWSTER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

AUTOMOBILE DOOR.

Appiioaammea Jui-y i4, 1925. serial No. 43,439.

To all flo/zow?, if 'may Concern.'

Be it known that l, WILLIAM Bunws'rnli, a citizen oit the United States, residing at the city of il ew York, county of New York, and State New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Automobile Doors; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,` and exact descripof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to certain improvements in automobile front door construction, and has for its object to enable the entire glass pane, usually contained in the top of the door, to be lowered and raised without any interference with the door lock construction or with the screws ordinarily used to secure the leaves of the hinges, or without increasing the dimensions of the .'t'iont door pillars, and is an improvement on the structure shown and described in Letters Patent. No. 1,520,389, issued to me December 23, 1924i-,

`=With these ends in view the invention consists in certain details of construction and combination of parts such as will be hereinafter fully described and then specifically pointed out in the claim.

y In the accompanying drawing which :terms a part of this application Figure 1 is a broken elevation of the front portion of an automobile body constructed in accordance with my improvement.

Figure 2 is a similar view showing my invention as applied when the doors are hinged at the front.

Figure 3 a section at the line 3-3 of Figure 1, and

Figure is a section at the line 1 /sl. ot Figure 2.

lllimilar numerals of reference denote like parts in the several ligures ol" the. drawing.

l is the automobile body and 2 the front.

door, within the 'upper portion oit which latter is the usual glass pane El.

lleterring` to llligure l. the cowl pillar el undercut at 5 throughout the length of ,ils bottom portion so as to provide a tonguelilie member (5 as shown at Figure 3, and a recessed portion 61, while the outer edge et'` the door has an extended portion 7 which is tongue-like in shape and which, when the door is closed, ts closely within the eut away portion 6.1 of the @owl pillar, the

tongues (5, 7, thus forming' a scarf or lap joint.

rlhc lock mechanism is wholly located within the tongue portion 7 ot' the door and is indicated by dotted lines and is denoted by the numeral 8 while the striker' plate of the lool; mechanism is at the outer edge of the cut out portion of the cowl pillar and is 'shown in dotted lines and is indicated by the numeral 9.

It will thus be seen that all theloclr mechanism of the door is located entirely within the extended tongue-like portion 7, and that the well 10 in the lower part of the door is entirely clear of the lock mechanism so that the glass pane 3 may be lowered within this well and raised without the slightest interference with such mechanism.

Referring to Figures 2 and el, a construction isshown in which the door is hinged at the front edge, and in this instance the leaves 13 and 14 of the hinges 11 are secured respectively to the cowl pillar and the front edge of the member 7 of the door occupying the same positions with respect to he scarf joint members 6, 7, as the striker 9 and lock mechanism 8, above referred to, and the screws 14 that secure the leaves 13 to the door are wholly contained within the member 7 so as not tol interfere with the operation of the window pane 3, these leaves and screws being shown in dotted lines at Figure 4.

When the lock mechanism of the door is at the rear edge thereof, as shown at Figure 2, the upper and lower body portions of the automobile may be as wide as desirable, and therefore provision need not be made for the operation of the glass pane in the door in the manner above specified.

From Athe foregoing description it will clear that I have maintained the narrow windshield pillar post construction set forth in my Letters Patent aforesaid, but have eliminated the disadvantages incident to 'the lixed window panes adjacent said posts, since said panes necessitated rear frame portions, which latter in addition to the panes themselves were a menace to the clear vision of the driver.

lVith the entire front door panes lowered and the narrow pillar posts of the windshield utilized, the view of the driver is unobstructed in the slightest degree, i

That is claimed is z" ln an automobile front door construction in which the upper portion is provided With a cli'op glass pane, While the lowerrportion 5 contains a pocket Within which said pane may be dropped, the combination of a scarf'- joint member extending from one edge of ho lower half of the door, with a similar soar-jomt member formeel in the adjacent so edge of that part of Jche automobile body which Yforms one sifle of the (lool Casing, the fixtures of the door, as the look oi' hinges, being Wholly contained within said scarf-joint members, whereby the movements of said pane Within said pocket are l unimpeded.

11i testimony whereof affix my siglia-- Jcure hereto.

VLLIAM BREWSTER. 

